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John 20:19-29 : Doubting Thomas

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19 When therefore it was evening, on that day, the first day of the week, and when the doors were locked where the disciples were assembled, for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood in the midst, and said to them, "Peace be to you."

20 When he had said this, he showed them his hands and his side. The disciples therefore were glad when they saw the Lord.

21 Jesus therefore said to them again, "Peace be to you. As the Father has sent me, even so I send you."

22 When he had said this, he breathed on them, and said to them, "Receive the Holy Spirit!

23 Whoever's sins you forgive, they are forgiven them. Whoever's sins you retain, they have been retained."

24 But Thomas, one of the twelve, called Didymus, wasn't with them when Jesus came.

25 The other disciples therefore said to him, "We have seen the Lord!" But he said to them, "Unless I see in his hands the print of the nails, and put my hand into his side, I will not believe."

26 After eight days again his disciples were inside, and Thomas was with them. Jesus came, the doors being locked, and stood in the midst, and said, "Peace be to you."

27 Then he said to Thomas, "Reach here your finger, and see my hands. Reach here your hand, and put it into my side. Don't be unbelieving, but believing."

28 Thomas answered him, "My Lord and my God!"

29 Jesus said to him, "Because you have seen me, you have believed. Blessed are those who have not seen, and have believed."

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Communion - Loving Each Other

By Junchol Lee


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On this Sunday, we sit together at tables for communion, worship, and a potluck meal.

(References: The Last Judgment (Posthumous) 159)

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Last Judgment (Posthumous) #159

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159. [159.] 26. Preachers who know something of the doctrine of their church, and who, after they have been instructed in schools and enter into their functions, no longer care about it or the Word except as it enables them to preach and to be promoted to higher positions or gain wealth, and who thus live in idleness and are merely worldly and not Christian - these are sent into a hell in the northern zone toward the west, far from the center, where a cloudy mist appears, and they then become stupid.

  
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Many thanks to the General Church of the New Jerusalem, and to Rev. N.B. Rogers, translator, for the permission to use this translation.